Classical Chinese dance company Shen Yun Performing Arts arrived for its first performance at the Musical Theater in Basel, Switzerland, on March 22. The company’s four scheduled performances in the Swiss city sold out nearly two months in advance. The artists received three curtain calls and an enthusiastic standing ovation. Bo Katzmann, a singer and […]
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the government of Switzerland violated the human rights of its citizens by failing to take sufficient action to protect them against climate risks. The Tuesday ruling from the court in Strasbourg, France, comes as a victory for Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz. Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz, whose name translates […]
A landmark ruling on climate change could have widespread repercussions in the UK and across Europe. The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Switzerland has violated the human rights of it’s citizens by failing to protect them from climate change. The ruling could set a precedent in domestic courts.
GENEVA—Five cross-country skiers—including members of the same Swiss family—were found dead along a high Alpine ridge after going missing over the weekend near Switzerland’s famed Matterhorn. Swiss police said Monday. Another skier remains missing. Christian Varone, commander of Valais regional police, told a news conference in Sion, Switzerland, that six skiers set out in “relatively […]
BERLIN—Three Dutch citizens were found dead in western Switzerland after an apparent hiking accident, police said Saturday. The mother and her two adult children, who had been reported missing Thursday, were found near the Rochers-de-Naye mountain in the canton of Vaud, local police said in a statement. The 57-year-old woman, her 25-year-old daughter and her […]
Authorities in Switzerland say an asylum seeker was killed by police after he used an axe, a hammer, and a knife to take a dozen passengers and the mechanic of a train hostage. In a statement on Feb. 9, police in the European country’s Vaud region confirmed that the 32-year-old man was an asylum seeker […]
Secretary of State Antony Blinken was forced to change planes while returning to the United States from Switzerland on Jan. 17 after the Boeing 737 jet he was meant to fly in suffered a mechanical failure, a State Department official has confirmed. Mr. Blinken boarded the government-owned modified Boeing plane in Zurich following a day […]
The rich and powerful gathered in Switzerland once again for the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) under the theme of “rebuilding trust.” This year’s summit includes nearly 3,000 corporate and government leaders from 120 countries. The American delegation will include U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake […]
The World Economic Forum just kicked off with senior U.S. and Chinese officials gathered in Switzerland on Tuesday, three days after Taiwan elected its new president. Chinese Premier Li Qiang claimed the Chinese regime’s GDP hit 5.2 percent in 2023, but Frank Xie, professor of marketing at the University of South Carolina Aiken, is skeptical […]
Let’s dive into a world of stunning craftsmanship and age-old technology. Switzerland is known for its fine timepieces, like those by Rolex, Bulova, and Arnold and Son. Their quality reflects their price at tens of thousands or even more. NTD spoke with Jared Silver, President of Stephen Silver Fine Jewelry, to look at what goes […]
BERLIN—A huge mass of rock slid down a mountainside above a Swiss village that was evacuated last month, stopping just short of the settlement, which remained unscathed, relieved local officials said Friday. Some 1.9 million cubic meters (67 million cubic feet) of rock had been deemed at risk of breaking away—and potentially of destroying the […]
Three people died when their light aircraft crashed on Saturday morning in Switzerland’s Ponts-de-Martel area close to the French border, the Swiss police said. The crash occurred around 10:20 in the morning local time (0820 GMT) in a forest near the village of La Combe Dernier in the canton of Neuchâtel, the local police said. […]
Swiss authorities have stopped recommending COVID-19 vaccination, including for people who are designated at high risk from COVID-19. Switzerland’s Federal Office of Public Health now says that “no COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for spring/summer 2023.” People designated high risk are also not recommended to get a COVID-19 vaccine, authorities said. They attributed the change to the […]
Shen Yun Performing Arts thrilled four packed houses at Switzerland’s Musical Theater in Basel from March 24 to 26. Jörg Egger, a pharmacist, said Shen Yun’s performance was fantastic. “It is an incredible combination of body control, tradition, wisdom, and also the divine is put in the foreground,” he said. Beat Jans, president of the […]
GENEVA—The Swiss attorney general’s office says it has opened a probe into the events surrounding embattled bank Credit Suisse, which is to be taken over by rival UBS. Switzerland’s government and financial regulators helped engineer the hastily arranged, $3.25 billion agreement that was aimed in part to help calm worries about the global financial system […]
Credit Suisse shares dove 63 percent in early trading Monday to a new low after it was announced that UBS would buy the troubled bank in a multi-billion-dollar deal backstopped by a Swiss central bank $100 billion emergency credit line. Shares of Credit Suisse clawed back some of the initial losses Monday morning and at […]
Credit Suisse has taken Switzerland’s central bank up on its offer to borrow up to 50 billion Swiss Francs ($53.7 billion) after the Swiss National Bank (SNB) vowed to grant it a liquidity lifeline “if necessary.” In a statement, Credit Suisse said it was taking “decisive action to pre-emptively strengthen liquidity” after shares of the Swiss lender plunged by […]
The 2023 season brings Shen Yun Performing Arts to the city of Lausanne, Switzerland, on the banks of Lake Geneva. There, politicians and business elites attended performances in mid-January. “We saw a fabulous show where the dancers were flying on the stage, it was magnificent! They presented traditional Chinese culture to us, and it made […]
